Austin & Shambleau

Austin & Shambleau was an American architectural partnership in South Bend, Indiana, in the United States. It was founded by Ennis R. Austin and N. Roy Shambleau and operated from 1909 to 1942. It has been described as "the most distinguished architectural firm in Northern Indiana" of the early twentieth century.[1]

Austin & Shambleau
Hager House, South Bend, 1909.
Practice information
Key architectsEnnis Raymond Austin
Norman Roy Shambleau
Founded1909
Dissolved1942
LocationSouth Bend, Indiana

Partner biographies

Ennis Raymond Austin was born August 30, 1863, in Owasco, New York, to John R. Austin. He attended public schools before entering Cornell University, graduating in 1886. For a year after his graduation he worked for Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, and then moved to the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, working under the supervision of John du Fais for four years. In 1892 he and a Tiffany colleague, Wilson B. Parker, moved west to South Bend to establish an architectural firm, Parker & Austin. In 1896 Austin became a member of the American Institute of Architects.[2] Austin's partnership was dissolved in 1900 when he received an appointment as a construction superintendent in the Office of the Supervising Architect for the United States Treasury. In 1906 he returned to South Bend and formed the firm of Schneider & Austin with Walter W. Schneider. This partnership was dissolved in 1909, when he formed Austin & Shambleau with N. Roy Shambleau.[3] This continued until its dissolution in 1942.[4] He maintained a small private practice until his retirement in 1949. He died January 15, 1951, and was buried in his native town.[5]

Norman Roy Shambleau was born in 1888 in London, Ontario, to the carriage-maker P. E. Shambleau. At the age of eleven the family moved to Detroit, and at the age of seventeen Shambleau came to South Bend, entering the office of Wilson B. Parker. He worked for Parker and other South Bend architects until 1909, when he formed the partnership with Austin.[6] After the firm was dissolved in 1942, Shambleau succeeded to the practice. He practiced independently at least through the late 1950s. He died in 1975.

Legacy

A number of the firm's works are listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural works
YearBuildingAddressCityStateNotesImageReference
1909House for George L. Hager415 W Wayne StSouth BendIndianaListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[7][8]
1910House for John M. Studebaker904 E Jefferson BlvdSouth BendIndianaListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as part of the Howard Park Historic District.[7][9]
1910Indiana and Michigan Electric Company Power Station401 E Colfax AveSouth BendIndianaListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[7][10][11]
1912House for Dr. Merritt J. Keightley1021 E Wayne StSouth BendIndianaListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as part of the Howard Park Historic District.[7][9]
1916House for Joseph de Lorenzi812 E Jefferson BlvdSouth BendIndianaListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as part of the Howard Park Historic District.[7][9]
1917Mishawaka Trust and Savings Company BuildingN Main St and Lincolnway WMishawakaIndianaDemolished.[12]
1919Newman Building127 E Main StNilesMichiganListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 as part of the Niles Downtown Historic District.[13][14]
1919South Bend Tribune Building225 W Colfax AveSouth BendIndiana[15][16]
1919"Twyckenham Park" for Albert Russel Erskine1204 Honan DrSouth BendIndianaAlso known as Erskine Manor.[17]
1921House for William C. Sibley231 S Eddy StSouth BendIndianaListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as part of the Howard Park Historic District.[7][9]
1922House for Charles A. Lippincott103 S Eddy StSouth BendIndianaListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as part of the East Washington Street Historic District.[7][18]
1922Knights of Pythias Lodge224 W Jefferson BlvdSouth BendIndianaDesigned in association with Austin's former partner, Walter W. Schneider. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[7][19]
1923James Whitcomb Riley High School (former)Fellows and Ewing StsSouth BendIndianaDemolished.[20]
1927Jefferson School528 S Eddy StSouth BendIndiana[21]
1928Madison School832 N Lafayette BlvdSouth BendIndiana[22]
1929House for Frederick G. Eberhart536 Miami Club CtMishawakaIndiana[23]
1929Indiana and Michigan Electric Company Building220 W Colfax AveSouth BendIndianaListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[7][24]
1929Tower Building216 W Washington StSouth BendIndianaListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[7][25]
1930House for James A. Judie1515 E Jefferson BlvdSouth BendIndianaListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[7][26]
1932United States Post Office and Courthouse204 S Main StSouth BendIndianaListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[27]
1936Marquette School1905 College StSouth BendIndianaListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[28]

References
  1. "The Eberhardt Mansion: Austin & Shambleau".
  2. "Ennis R. Austin," South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It, ed. Anderson & Cooley (South Bend, IN: Tribune Printing Company, 1901): 285.
  3. "Ennis R. Austin," An Account of St. Joseph County From its Organization, ed. John B. Stoll (Dayton, OH: Dayton Historical Publishing Company, 1923): 197.
  4. "Personal," Architectural Record 92, no. 2 (February 1942): 14.
  5. "Ennis Raymond Austin", https://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave, August 4 2008.
  6. "N. R. Shambleau," An Account of St. Joseph County From its Organization, ed. John B. Stoll (Dayton, OH: Dayton Historical Publishing Company, 1923): 411.
  7. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  8. Hager House NRHP Registration Form (1985)
  9. Howard Park Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1999)
  10. Municipal Journal and Engineer 28, no. 18 (May 4 1910): 682.
  11. I and M Electric Co. Building-Transformer House and Garage NRHP Registration Form (1999)
  12. American Contractor 38, no. 14 (April 7 1917): 84.
  13. American Contractor 40, no. 16 (April 19 1919): 86.
  14. Niles Downtown Historic District NRHP Registration Form (2007)
  15. American Contractor 40, no. 33 (August 16 1919): 62.
  16. American Contractor 40, no. 39 (December 6 1919): 63.
  17. American Contractor 40, no. 27 (July 5 1919): 80.
  18. East Washington Street Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1999)
  19. Knights of Pythias Lodge NRHP Registration Form (1985)
  20. Iron Age (October 11 1923): 1021.
  21. Iron Age (December 18 1927): 1711.
  22. Iron Age (April 26 1928): 1206.
  23. "The Eberhardt Mansion".
  24. I & M Building NRHP Registration Form (1985)
  25. Tower Building NRHP Registration Form (1985)
  26. James A. Judie House NRHP Registration Form (1983)
  27. Federal Building NRHP Registration Form (2015)
  28. Marquette School NRHP Registration Form (2013)
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